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Activists blamed the Okhla Barrage authorities for releasing untreated water without advance information.

In Vrindavan, thousands of fish were seen floating in the river.

"The whole area around Keshi Ghat visited by thousands of pilgrims daily is stinking and no one has come to clean up the area," complained Jagan Nath Poddar, convener of Friends of Vrindavan group.

In Agra, hundreds of activists joined the River Connect Campaign's river cleaning exercise on Sunday.

"We want people of Agra to participate in cleaning the river which is heavily polluted with reported mass fish deaths upstream of Agra," Devashish Bhattacharya, an environmentalist told IANS.

Yamuna is the lifeline of Braj Mandal and sustains tourism in Agra region.

"All historical buildings are located along Yamuna's banks. If the Yamuna is sick and polluted, the architectural marvels like the Taj Mahal cannot remain unaffected," said Ranjan Sharma, an environmentalist.

Activists Jyoti Vishal and Padmini said the river cleaning activities will continue with passion and a degree of seriousness to involve the students.

"You cannot leave cleaning of public places to government employees. Each one has to be responsible for his share of garbage. People have to be taught to segregate and deposit the waste at the designated places," said one activist, Harendra Gupta.

--IANS

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